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"The question at hand is, “Should development of software be linked "
"with having owners to restrict the use of it?”"
msgstr ""
"La pregunta a formular-nos és, “El desenvolupament de programari "
"hauria d'estar lligat a l'existència de propietaris per a restringir-ne el "
"seu ús?”"
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"In order to decide this, we have to judge the effect on society of each of "
"those two activities independently: the effect of developing the "
"software (regardless of its terms of distribution), and the effect of "
"restricting its use (assuming the software has been developed). If one of "
"these activities is helpful and the other is harmful, we would be better off "
"dropping the linkage and doing only the helpful one."
msgstr ""
"Per a decidir això, hem de jutjar l'efecte social d'ambdues activitats "
"independentment: l'efecte de desenvolupar programari (siguin quins "
"siguin els termes de la seva distribució), i l'efecte de restringir-ne l'ús "
"(assumint que el programari ha estat desenvolupat). Si una d'aquestes "
"activitats és beneficiosa i l'altra és perjudicial, faríem millor deixant "
"estar el lligam i fent només la beneficiosa."
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"Since the age of Reagan, the greatest scarcity in the United States is not "
"technical innovation, but rather the willingness to work together for the "
"public good. It makes no sense to encourage the former at the expense of "
"the latter."
msgstr ""
"Des de l'època del Reagan, la més gran mancança als Estats Units no és la "
"innovació tècnica, sinó la voluntat de treballar plegats pel bé del públic. "
"No té sentit encoratjar el primer a expenses del segon."
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"Vaclav Havel has advised us to “Work for something because it is good, "
"not just because it stands a chance to succeed.” A business making "
"proprietary software stands a chance of success in its own narrow terms, but "
"it is not what is good for society."
msgstr ""
"El Vaclav Havel ens ha aconsellat que “Treballeu per alguna cosa "
"perquè sigui bona, no només perquè suporta una oportunitat per a reeixir."
"” Un negoci de fer programari de tipus propietari suporta una "
"oportunitat per a reeixir en els seus propis termes estrets, però no és el "
"que és bo per a la societat."
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msgid ""
"When it is true at a given time that most people will work in a certain "
"field only for high pay, it need not remain true. The dynamic of change can "
"run in reverse, if society provides an impetus. If we take away the "
"possibility of great wealth, then after a while, when the people have "
"readjusted their attitudes, they will once again be eager to work in the "
"field for the joy of accomplishment."
msgstr ""
"Quan és cert en un moment donat que la majoria de la gent treballarà en un "
"cert camp només per una paga alta, no necessàriament seguirà sent cert. La "
"dinàmica del canvi pot funcionar a l'inrevés, si la societat proporciona un "
"ímpetu. Si descartem la possibilitat d'una gran riquesa, aleshores al cap "
"d'una mica, quan la gent hagi reajustat les seves actituds, tornaran a estar "
"entusiasmats de treballar en el camp per la joia de dur-ho a terme."
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msgid ""
"It is common today for university researchers to get grants to develop a "
"system, develop it nearly to the point of completion and call that “"
"finished”, and then start companies where they really finish the "
"project and make it usable. Sometimes they declare the unfinished version "
"“free”; if they are thoroughly corrupt, they instead get an "
"exclusive license from the university. This is not a secret; it is openly "
"admitted by everyone concerned. Yet if the researchers were not exposed to "
"the temptation to do these things, they would still do their research."
msgstr ""
"És comú avui en dia pels investigadors de les universitats aconseguir beques "
"per a desenvolupar un sistema, desenvolupar-lo gairebé fins a completar-lo i "
"dir-li a això “acabat”, i aleshores començar empreses on "
"realment acaben el projecte i el fan utilitzable. De vegades declaren les "
"versions no acabades “lliures”; si són completament corruptes, "
"enlloc d'això aconsegueixen una llicència exclusiva de la universitat. Això "
"no és cap secret; és obertament admès per tothom implicat. Fins i tot si els "
"investigadors no fossin exposats a la temptació de fer aquestes coses, "
"encara farien la seva recerca."
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"Programmers writing free software can make their living by selling services "
"related to the software. I have been hired to port the GNU C compiler to new hardware, and to make user-interface "
"extensions to GNU Emacs. (I offer these "
"improvements to the public once they are done.) I also teach classes for "
"which I am paid."
msgstr ""
"Els programadors que escriuen programari lliure es poden guanyar la vida "
"venent serveis relacionats amb el programari. Jo he estat contractat per a "
"portar el compilador de C de GNU a nou "
"maquinari, i per a fer extensions d'interfície d'usuari per a GNU Emacs. (Ofereixo aquestes millores al públic un "
"cop fetes.) També dono classes per les que em paguen."
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"The Free Software Foundation is a charity, and its income is spent on hiring "
"as many programmers as possible. If it had been set up as a business, "
"distributing the same free software to the public for the same fee, it would "
"now provide a very good living for its founder."
msgstr ""
"La Free Software Foundation és una entitat benèfica, i els seus ingressos es "
"gasten en contractar tants programadors com és possible. Si s'hagués "
"estructurat com un negoci, distribuint el mateix programari al públic per la "
"mateixa taxa, ara proveiria d'una molt bona vida al seu fundador."
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"Because the Foundation is a charity, programmers often work for the "
"Foundation for half of what they could make elsewhere. They do this because "
"we are free of bureaucracy, and because they feel satisfaction in knowing "
"that their work will not be obstructed from use. Most of all, they do it "
"because programming is fun. In addition, volunteers have written many "
"useful programs for us. (Even technical writers have begun to volunteer.)"
msgstr ""
"Com que la Fundació és una entitat benèfica, sovint els programadors "
"treballen per la Fundació per la meitat del que podrien guanyar en un altre "
"lloc. Ho fan perquè estem lliures de burocracia, i perquè se senten "
"satisfets de saber que la seva feina no serà d'ús obstruit. Sobretot, ho fan "
"perquè programar és divertit. A més a més, molts voluntaris han escrit molts "
"programes útils per a nosaltres. (Fins i tot escriptors tècnics han començat "
"a presentar-se voluntaris.)"
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"This confirms that programming is among the most fascinating of all fields, "
"along with music and art. We don't have to fear that no one will want to "
"program."
msgstr ""
"Això confirma que la programació es troba entre els camps més fascinants de "
"tots, junt amb la música i l'art. No hem de témer que ningú vulgui programar."
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"There is a good reason for users of software to feel a moral obligation to "
"contribute to its support. Developers of free software are contributing to "
"the users' activities, and it is both fair and in the long-term interest of "
"the users to give them funds to continue."
msgstr ""
"Hi ha un bon motiu pel que els usuaris de programari haurien de sentir una "
"obligació moral a contribuir al seu suport. Els desenvolupadors de "
"programari lliure contribueixen a les activitats dels usuaris, i alhora és "
"just i de l'interès a llarg termini dels usuaris donar-los fons per a "
"continuar."
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msgid ""
"Competition in business is not necessarily combat. For example, when two "
"grocery stores compete, their entire effort is to improve their own "
"operations, not to sabotage the rival. But this does not demonstrate a "
"special commitment to business ethics; rather, there is little scope for "
"combat in this line of business short of physical violence. Not all areas "
"of business share this characteristic. Withholding information that could "
"help everyone advance is a form of combat."
msgstr ""
"La competició en els negocis no és necessàriament un combat. Per exemple, "
"quan dues botigues de queviures competeixen, el seu esforç és només per a "
"millorar les seves pròpies operacions, no per a sabotejar el rival. Però "
"això no demostra un compromís especial per l'ètica dels negocis; més aviat, "
"hi ha poc marge per al combat en aquesta línia de negocis a part de la "
"violència física. No totes les àrees dels negocis comparteixen aquesta "
"característica. Retenir informació que podria ajudar a tothom a avançar és "
"una forma de combat."
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"It is important for these people to know that this premise is not part of "
"our legal tradition. It never has been."
msgstr ""
"És important que aquesta gent sàpiga que aquesta premisa no és part de la "
"nostra tradició legal. Mai ho ha estat."
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